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Interleukin-2 receptor gamma-chain mutations in severe combined immunodeficiency with B-lymphocytes.
European journal of pediatrics - 1 Dec 1996
Tsuge I, Matsuoka H, Abe T, Kamachi Y, Torii S
Abstract excerpt
UNLABELLED: Severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) with a normal number of B-lymphocytes usually demonstrates an X-linked inheritance and now is regarded as an interleukin-2-receptor (IL-2R) gamma-chain gene defect. Here, we report the characterization of mutations in the IL-2R gamma-chain gene of six unrelated SCID patients. One large deletion, one short deletion, one nonsense mutation and three single missense...
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